Usher Hall

£955K for Ed Theatres

£955K for Ed Theatres

Second wave of Covid funds announced:

Six Edinburgh organisations have received a total of £955,698 as part of the £5m Performing Arts Venue Relief Fund, the second round of government support, administered by Creative Scotland and announced on Thursday 24 September 2020.

Sep 25 2020 | By | Reply More
Strictly Tix On Sale

Strictly Tix On Sale

Tickets for Strictly Professionals, Anton & Erin on sale:

Details of how to get ticket for the Strictly Come Dancing – The Professionals’ 2020 tour at Edinburgh Playhouse in June 2020 and the Anton and Erin Usher Hall tickets in March 2020.

Jun 21 2019 | By | Reply More
Strictly dancers for Edinburgh

Strictly dancers for Edinburgh

Playhouse and Usher Hall dates confirmed:

The Strictly Professionals tour will play the Edinburgh Playhouse in June 2020 while Anton and Erin hit the Usher Hall in March 2020.

Jun 20 2019 | By | Reply More
Broadway Bound

Broadway Bound

★★★☆☆ Enjoyable:

Inspired by Broadway and the Big Apple, there’s lots to love in Broadway Bound, a celebration of musical song and dance from the Beyond Broadway Experience.

Apr 20 2019 | By | Reply More
Muriel Spark: Creme de la Creme

Muriel Spark: Creme de la Creme

★★★★☆   Literary:

On the eve of the centenary of Muriel Spark’s birth, the Usher hall was packed for Muriel Spark: Creme de la Creme, an evening of readings, reminiscences and a performed reading of the Edinburgh-born author’s only play.

Feb 1 2018 | By | 1 Reply More
A Christmas Wish 2017

A Christmas Wish 2017

★★★★☆ Christmas Cheer:

The MGA Academy gets right into the Christmas spirit with a selection of the best festive songs in A Christmas Wish at the Usher Hall.

Dec 19 2017 | By | Reply More
Solidarity with #Paris

Solidarity with #Paris

Theatres light up Blue, White and Red
Edinburgh venues the Usher Hall and the Playhouse were lit up in the colours of the French tricolour on Saturday night.

Nov 15 2015 | By | Reply More
EIF, Fringe Open

EIF, Fringe Open

Lothian Road blocked for EIF opener:
Almost 20,000 people witnessed the opening event of this year’s Edinburgh International Festival when The Harmonium Project lit up the outside of the Usher Hall.

Aug 8 2015 | By | Reply More
A Christmas Wish 2014

A Christmas Wish 2014

✭✭✭✭✩ Tinsel and tonsils:
Aren’t stage school kids supposed to be annoying? Not the students of Edinburgh’s MGA Academy of Performing Arts, who decked the Usher Hall with A Christmas Wish, raising spirits as they raised funds for Barnardo’s Scotland.

Dec 14 2014 | By | Reply More
Review – A Christmas Wish

Review – A Christmas Wish

The student body of MGA Academy of Performing Arts wowed a packed Usher Hall in Edinburgh on Saturday night with A Christmas Wish. Martin Gray was lucky enough to be there.

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